To me, it appears that Keiko is on the Autism spectrum, although this is never confirmed in the novel itself, instead, she is described as ‘odd’ or ‘different’. However, Keiko knows that she is not ‘normal’ and this is central to the plot.
From what I could understand from the novel this is not the done thing for a woman in her thirties, who is expected to either have a good career or marriage. The protagonist is a Convenience Store worker in her thirties, something that is against social norms. It’s the first novel I’ve read that was set in Japan and that was definitely a culture change for me and something to get used to. This novel is very different from anything that I’ve read before. The novel is set in Japan being released as a UK translation on the 5th July.
Last month I came home to a wonderful package from Portobello books with an early release of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata in exchange for an honest review.
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